Chapter 18: The Second Batch Of Newbies
“Secretary Zhang, did you not participate in the Test Assessment?”
After hearing this, Zhao Hu did a kip-up inside the Virtual Game Pod, completely stunned.
“No, I didn’t. I’m very busy, where would I find the time to go take that Test Assessment?” Zhang Qing Wei felt a bit puzzled. “Do you mean that to enter this game, we must first pass that Test Assessment?”
“…” Zhao Hu found himself, for a moment, unexpectedly speechless.
Officially, High Martial Arts Descend had indeed never said that passing the Test Assessment was required to enter the game. It was only that passing the Test Assessment gave a higher probability of entering the game; they had never said that if you did not participate, you would not be selected.
Which meant that he had died over a hundred times in the Test Assessment, spending more than twenty thousand in total.
Yet he was worse off than Zhang Qing Wei, who had done nothing at all…
“Elder Zhao, is there anything else you need me to pass on?” Seeing that Zhao Hu had stared in silence for a long time, Zhang Qing Wei felt it would be unkind to keep hitting him while he was down, so she asked politely.
“That’s all.” After Zhao Hu stayed quiet for quite a while, he suddenly asked, “Qing Wei, what do you think of this Liya Villa I live in?”
“It’s very good. That is an Advanced villa built specifically by the Guild for its meritorious members. There is no better villa than this in all of Huxin City.” Zhang Qing Wei nodded.
“Here’s the thing. I want to use this Liya Villa to exchange for your High Martial Arts Descend quota.” Zhao Hu said through gritted teeth. “As long as you agree, this Liya Villa will be yours today!”
“Elder Zhao, are you joking?” Zhang Qing Wei felt her brain was struggling to keep up.
The Tianyage compound was in the City Center of Huxin City. Any random villa there sold for over a hundred million, not to mention the Liya courtyard where Zhao Hu lived. It was a grand Luxury House countless rich people in Huxin City dreamed of owning, and something she, as a secretary, could never afford in her lifetime.
And now Zhao Hu was willing to exchange such a Luxury House for a single game slot. If this got out, probably no one in the world would believe it.
“I am not joking. As long as you agree, I can transfer it electronically right now.” Zhao Hu seemed to have made up his mind, without the slightest hesitation.
Although he had only experienced the Test Assessment, Zhao Hu understood that High Martial Arts Descend had immense Potential. Other Virtual Games would likely struggle to compete, including Pilgrimage, which had been glorious for several years; it still fell far short.
If he could enter High Martial Arts Descend one step earlier, it would definitely be hugely beneficial for his Future development.
“This…” Zhang Qing Wei was completely stunned.
At this moment it felt like either Zhao Hu had gone mad, or she had, or perhaps Zhao Hu’s Spirit had already gone abnormal after playing the Test Assessment of High Martial Arts Descend.
“So you are unwilling after all?” Seeing that Zhang Qing Wei showed no clear Reaction, Zhao Hu could not help sighing. “Makes sense. If it were me, I probably wouldn’t agree either. Anyway, tell Vice President Luo I will catch up soon.”
With that, Zhao Hu hung up without waiting for Zhang Qing Wei’s reply, lay down again in the Virtual Game Pod, and directly clicked on the Test Assessment.
Although the seven quotas were already gone, from the official statements it was clear that more would definitely open later. To compete for those later quotas, passing the Test Assessment was a must.
“He just hung up like that? My villa is just gone like this?” Looking at the now silent phone, Zhang Qing Wei suddenly felt a bit regretful, regretting how slow her Reaction had been.
If it had been before the car accident, she could definitely have made Zhao Hu regret it to the point of crying for his mother.
But though she regretted it, her gaze still shifted to the Virtual Game Pod beside her.
“I have an early shift tomorrow. I must reach the venue before the President and Blade Saint Su Wuming start the Recruitment talks. Should I play or not?” Zhang Qing Wei hesitated.
But her Body was very honest and lay down directly inside.
“I already promised Elder Zhao I would pass the message to Wu Shang. One should keep one’s word. I’ll just play a little and come out. It shouldn’t affect my work tomorrow.”
As Zhang Qing Wei clicked the High Martial Arts Descend icon, her vision shifted abruptly.
A dark Small Room, a swaying Light, gusts of cold wind blowing in from the Corridor, and six people wearing dark gray T-shirt Long Gowns. At this moment, the expressions and Actions of these six were all different.
One person, for some unknown reason, was rubbing his face against the floor, growing more excited the more he rubbed.
Another was frantically touching himself from head to toe, not missing any part. As he touched, he giggled foolishly and shouted that this was real, this was real.
But the craziest of all was a cold-faced young man, constantly doing Squats. As he squatted, he shouted, “It’s coming, it’s coming, I can feel it coming!”
“I really have been Influenced by Elder Zhao. My Spirit is not normal anymore.” Looking at this Room full of lunatics, Zhang Qing Wei felt that there had to be something wrong with her own Spirit. “Could it be that I haven’t rested well recently? That must be it. Yesterday I only slept ten hours, and the doctor told me to rest more. Now something has really gone wrong.”
While Zhang Qing Wei was sinking into self-doubt, a voice of discussion reached everyone’s ears.
“Why do the Newcomers this time all seem not very bright?”
“I think there is still someone smart. Look at that one, so clever. He is already doing Squats. He definitely has a bright Future ahead!”
“Indeed, there is a clever one. I wonder if he has started to feel it yet.”
As the two spoke, everyone inside the Iron Fence turned to look. They saw two men: a somewhat shy university student and a scruffy man with a stubbly beard.
The way the two of them looked at the crowd was as if they were looking at beauties, especially when their gaze fell on the cold-faced young man doing Squats. Their eyes were so burning hot they seemed about to overflow.
“How can you two say that? Who says he’s the only smart one?” The thin young man rubbing his face against the floor protested. “How can the feeling from doing Squats compare with me, getting closer to the ground at close range? Give me at most an hour and I’ll definitely get the feeling!”
“When you put it that way, it really makes sense. How did I not think of that before!” The stubbly man stroked his chin, suddenly enlightened. “Little brother, let’s be friends. I like making friends with smart people the most.”
“I miscalculated. I actually failed to account for this.” The shy university student unconsciously pushed at nonexistent glasses, looking deeply shaken. “If I had done that earlier, maybe I would have the feeling by now.”
“Am I locked up in a psychiatric hospital?”
Looking at the two outside the bars, Zhang Qing Wei suddenly felt beyond saving, yet her mind had never been so sharp. She could distinctly sense every Action of the eight people present. It felt like her brain was about to level up.
“All right, everyone came to High Martial Arts Descend as first-timers. With time, you will all gain the feeling.” At this moment, a heroic Woman with Shoulder-length Hair, a Shovel on her shoulder, strode forward and introduced herself. “Hello, my name is Wu Shang, Vice President of Heavenly Might Guild. If there is anything you don’t understand, you can come and ask me later.”
“High Martial Arts Descend?” Looking at Luo Wu Shang in front of her, Zhang Qing Wei was dumbfounded. “This is a game?”
